{"id":18066,"date":"2013-04-24T23:07:52","date_gmt":"2013-04-24T21:07:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=18066"},"modified":"2013-04-24T23:07:52","modified_gmt":"2013-04-24T21:07:52","slug":"open-space-office-kills-productivity-by-66","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2013\/04\/24\/open-space-office-kills-productivity-by-66\/","title":{"rendered":"Open space office kills productivity by 66%"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

While going through this article on noise\u00a0pollution<\/a>, I came across this:<\/p>\n

If you can hear someone talking while you\u2019re reading or writing, your productivity dips by up to 66%.<\/strong> \u00a0Open floor-plan offices distract workers without them even noticing it. In a classic study published in the British Journal of Psychology in 1998, researchers found that employers were highly distracted when they could hear conversation around them, and less able to perform their duties. Another classic study found that noise in the office also correlated to increased stress hormone levels and a lower willingness to engage with others. According to Sound Agency case study, when sound masking technology was used in an office, there was a 46% improvement in employees\u2019 ability to concentrate and their short term memory accuracy increased 10 percent.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Most of the time through my working years I’ve spent at open space offices. \u00a0And here are the things I have to say about them:<\/p>\n